Alabama man known for his wild life captures national honour
LEIGHTON, Ala. — Some of the stories about Theron Christopher “T.C.” Dawson Sr. read like something out of an adventure novel or reality television show about men who live and make their living in the wild.
The elder Dawson, said retired Alabama game warden Larry Wilson, “would make them look like sissies.”
T.C. Dawson Sr., who lived in Colbert County, died in 1989 at the age of 65, but he was recently honoured by being inducted into the National Trappers Association Hall of Fame. His son, T.C. Dawson Jr., accepted a plaque on behalf of his late father recently at the association’s national convention in Pecatonica, Illinois.
The elder Dawson was one of two people inducted into the prestigious hall of fame this year and is the first Alabama native to receive the honour.